Logging engine



June 30, 1925,

F. A. WICKES LOGGING ENGINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed INOV. 25.

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cifrar: sra'ras POWER-S A. WIGKESI, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR 'IO WILLMETTE IEIT`AND STEEL WORKS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

' LOGGING ENGINE.

Application filed November 26, 1923. Serial No. 676,900.

To all whom t may concern.'

. Be it known that I, Pownns A. lVIoKns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Logging Engine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to the logging industry.

The main object of Vmy invention is to provide an exceedinglyfsimple and efficient two speed drum for logging engines and means for operating same.

A second object is the construction of the device inthe manner that power may be ap lied and released very gradually.

` third object is the saving of time when replacing the friction elements in the woods. A fourth object is the economy of power. A; fifth object isthe utilization of the friction clutch employed in the two speed mechanism as a brake.

rIhese and other objects will be more fully set forthin the specification following.

Logging engines having main drums capable of being driven at two speeds from the same drive shaft have long been known in the art.v With such engines are usually found other drums which are driven at maximum speeds. It must be possible, of course, when using variable speed main drums to change this speed when the drum is in motion, and it is highly desirable that power can be applied to this drum as gradually as possible, as,

for instance, when starting heavy loads when the inertia can be overcome at slow speed and the change made tohigh speed when the load is under way.

In the design of this device special attention was paid to the utilization of parts which are easy to manufacture and assemble and are` not subject to undue wear, and which are not dependent upon extreme accuracy to secure satisfactory operation.

It will be observed that in this device neither the gears nor the drum slide laterally on the drum shaft. When the drum must be moved it is often heavy'with cable, and when thegears must be moved while running under load the friction is often very great. In either case, more power is required to control the application of power than is necessary with a resulting decrease in delicacy of control.

I accomplish these results in the manner set forth in the following specilication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated only those portions of a logging engine as are directly related to my device.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my device with part of the frame removed and a portion of the operating cylinder cut away for clearness. Figure 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 with portions cut away in a horizontal section along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, having one of the gears cut away to show the interior parts in a different position than they appear in the other gear.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the same parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to. the drawings, I have constructed my device upon the usual side beams and cross beams 11. It will be understood that the usual engine and boiler are also mounted on this frame.

A drive shaft 12 journals in the bearings 13 which are mounted on the side beams 10. @ranks 14 are driven from the engine, not shown.

vThe main drum shaft 15 carries the loose gear 16 whose hub 17 journals in the bearing 18 which is preferably provided with a bushing 19. The gear 16 is also provided with bushings 2O which ride on the shaft 15. The small pinion 21 is keyed on the shaft 12 and meshes with the gear 16.

'At the opposite end of the shaft 15 is placed a loose gear 22 which is somewhat smaller than the gear 16 but is mounted in the same way in the bearing 23. The gear 22 meshes with the large pinion 24 keyed on the drive shaft 12. A cable drum 25 is provided with bushings 26 which ride on the shaft 15 between the gears 16 and 22. The flange 27 of the drum 25 is grooved to receive the friction band 27F, whose one end is provided with a bracket 28 and whose opposite end is provided with a clip 29.

The web 30 is provided with three holes., in the central one of which is placed a shouldered pin 31 which passes through the connection 32 and secures same to the web 30. The clip 29 is attached to the connection 32 by means of a bolt 33, and the rocker arm 3ft .whose trunnions 35 journal in the remaining hole and in the connection 32, is provided with a jaw 36 whose bolt 37 is secured to the Vbracket 28l by means of the nuts lOl) 38. On.- the trunnion' 35 is' keyed-i the lever 39 which is urged by the spring40 attached to a lug 41 on the Web 30.

Mounted on'. the Web- 3.0 isV acylinder 42 provided With a piston 43; which is jeined.to--

which is; secured a packedA connection '3- through Which air or Water'caniind its Way through the member 17 intothe passage 50, or vice versa. The pipe54 leadsto a fourway valve 55; and the pipe 56 leadslrcmtlie valve i 55- toV the member 53B at the opposite endfoi'r'tlieshaft 15. The pipeifleadsfrorn thevalve 55 to the-sourceopressure- 58'. Af Waste pipe" 59 and lever 60 are providedA for the valve 55 On the gear 22 I have provided the same partsas' cn-tliel gearlig including ai cylinder 42B, connection 32E and" lever 39B. @nthe flange27BV is a brake band 27H* which is joined to-theconnectien 52B'i by the*` ineinbers 28B and 29B. y A

The operation of my device isas follows: llVhenk bringing ina heavy' leg-V the vload is started1 by adinitting" air to tlie'- cylinderA 42 which l actuate'sV the; clut'clior friction band which; i'nfturnf, causes -thelarge gea-r 16 to drive the drum 25. When the loa'd is started Atheairis-v cut olii from the'v cylinder 42'* and a'dinittedIv to the cylinder 42B. By operatingfthe vallve airis exhausted from the cylinder' 42' beforei it: is admitted t'o the cylinder 42B andthel smaller gear; 22 now drives theA drunr 215". at a liiglier'I speed than it was driven by tliegearfl.

Gonditicns# may `exist when the cr-'dery of operatienx i'srevfnsedf;l or'either4 one or other of tlieigea-rs inayfbeused'V continuously' asl desired. j

I`twill alsof'beiobserved?? that' the! usual brake drinn` i's emitted i'rorn.` this= device since itsE use is' rendered'.v unnecessary`v by the presence Ot" the iirictionibands; which may al'sobe utilized as brake bands.VV l am aware thatr logging engines have been 'constructed inv the past in- Whiich' either the drivingJgears-erf cable-'drum Were-caused to` slide' along' theY shaft; and* intsome instances: the" blocks enl the'. sides of! :the gears were employed! tofbrinfg either the', high: or lon" speed drive@ gears in: engagement'I with the cable drumi Its; isy to. avoid ther Well lnicwnd'iiiicufltiesi encountered with: such de. vicesAl t'li at I? have: constructed` my device.

1. In: allogging engine; the; combination of a side'-. frame; ai geert having 1a. hub f jours naling in" and projecting through said side frame; a shaft mounted in` said gear; a d-rurnv on said shaft concentric with said gear; fluid, actuatedfrictionz means between said gearA and drum; al cover plate on sai'd hub; and a swivel coupling on said hub adapted. to deliver fluid through said cover plate and hub to said friction means.

2'. Inalogging'engine, the combination of aV pair of side frames; a gear 0n the inner side of each of` saidL frames having hubs journaling in their nearest frame; a shaft mounted between said. gears; a drumV on saidl shaft; flanges. on both sidesv of said:

drinn; fluid" actuated band frictionsbetween each gear'and its: adjacentv drum; flange.; and. ineans for admitting luidtthllougli saidxhubs toL their respective bandi rictionroperating devices.

Inl alcggiingv enginerthecombinationi of a= pair oii spacedf sidee frames; :a:- drive shaft jeurna'lingfin said. side 'framesv;i. unequal pin:-`

ions secured on saidfdriverf sh'afft';.:a large for admitting; fluids un der." pressure through eachi of said; gear: hubste` its respective; band operating' device.

41.; Ln `au flogging' engine, combination @if adr-saine heaningsiomswid fraunezgf a small gear provided with a hubr whichA journals invone' cf saidbearingsyanlarge gear provided' Withy *li-ubav Y whichV journals` in` an V (apposite bearing at dnum; shaft Supported byi said gears and; journaling` therein; a cable dimmi lciesely mnuntedi om saidishaft beteweencsaid: gears: and having; af friction at: eac-ln endi; and al triction band V:wound each flange; operated from` its ade` jacent gear.

J 511m ai loggingengine; the-:combinationi of side iirainegz a gearT` having; ai hubiwhich journals iinv savidvzsidiiramegai swivell ceu,- plrivng oir. saidl. hub adaptiednto` admit.. fluid througlii said. hubi tnY said!Y gear ;l ai cylinder on said gean connected; with: said swivel ccupling; ai sha'lit concentric.` Withf saidi4 gear;

ai :d'rurniV onsaid shaft.; and:` ar fluid.` actuated iirictiom. means` between.; saidk gear-and drum.

6:; Inga. loggingi engine.; the; combination eff twoysp-acedtiiramesf; a' driveshadt mount.- redi ancressf said frames unequal pinicnsi se` culled; on saiddriyeshdt; a pair of: unequal ceuceiitric. gears;which;mesh. withi said? piniinns:whese; hiubs jcuunal.. ini and preject through Said side fra-mm3@ mmltlted concentrically with and between said gears; a friction driving clutch between each of said gears and said frame; a source of compressed air; an air cylinder on each of said gears for operating its clutch; swivel pipes on each of said hubs connecting said source of air to its respective cylinder; and a valve between said swivel pipes and said source of air adapted to admit air to their cylinder and at the. same time waste air from the opposite cylinder.

7. In a logging engine, the combination of a frame; bearings on said frame; a vsmall gear provided with a hub which journals in one of said bearings; a large gear provided with a hub which journals in an pposite bearing; a drum shaft supported by said! gears and journaling therein; a cable drum loosely mounted on said shaft between said gears and having a friction flange at each end; a friction band around each flange operated from its adjacent gear; an air cylinder on each gear for actuating said bands; a cover plate on the end of each gear hub; a swivel air coupling in each cover plate arranged. to deliver air through said cover plate and hubl into the nearest cylinder; a source of compressed air; a valve means for controlling the application of air to the opposite cylinders.

8. In a logging engine, the combination of a pair of spaced side frames; a drive shaft mounted across said frames; unequal pinions secured on said drive shaft; a drum mounted between said frames; unequal driving gears meshinwith said lpiinions and having hubs projecting through said side frames concentric with said drum; band friction means mounted between said gears and drum; a cylinder on each gearadapted to actuate its band in a manner toengage its gear and said drum; a spring for disengaging said gear and drum; and means for admitting air through each projecting hub and its gear to the cylinder on said gear.

9. In a logging engine, the combination of a drum shaft; a. double friction flanged drum loosely mounted on said shaft; a gear loose on said shaft against said drum; a small gear loose on said shaft against the opposite end of said drum, each gear having an out-turned hub; friction bands for driving sai-d drum from either gear; a lever on each gear for applying its friction bands to its friction flange; an air cylinder on each gear arranged to operate said levers separately; a spring for releasing each friction band; a cover plate over each outturned hub, said hub and cover plate having channels formed therein joined by a pipe to their nearest cylinder; a swivel connection opening into said cover plate channel; a source of compressed air; and a four-way valve for controlling the application of air to both cylinders.

POWER-S A. WICKES. 

